Scenes that almost make a grown man cry

[andym78]

Hachiko, that film where the dogs owner dies and the dog waits for him at the train station every day to come back.

Turns me into a right blubbering mess.

Was gonna say the episode of Futurama where Fry's dog waits outside the pizza place for him.

Think your film might've ripped it off.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

The end of Life is Beautiful always gets me.

 

[Philw]

Too many to mention, soppy happy endings turn me into a little girl, but Remember the Titans stands out as one that (deservedly) always gets me.

 

[Frank Gallagher]

load of old beauts in here @Donald Twain

 

[Deleted member 24970]

I am a soppy female but can't argue with the Green Mile and I am Legend shouts.

Also - the first ten minutes of Up; pretty much the whole of the film Ordinary People; the carol singing bit in Love Actually (I know, off the charts in soppiness) and another girly favourite Steel Magnolias.

My son, then aged 6, watched the Matt Broderick version of Godzilla and sobbed hysterically when they killed Godzilla. He howled uncontrollably "She was only trying to feed her babies"

I never cried for Godzilla, but I did think that myself watching the original as a kid

 

[heatmeiser]

Au revoir les enfants.

I can't really pick a scene, DON'T MAKE ME THINK OF IT AGAIN. It's all sad, but lovely too. Kind of.

 

[Donald Twain]

load of old beauts in here @Donald Twain

I'm crying here !

 

[Groucho]

Apologies if already posted elsewhere, but after watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt. 2 last night for the second time, It was the first time I really paid attention to the 'always' scene involving Severus Snape - played by the late great Alan Rickman.

The skills behind playing such a complex, misunderstood character was a brilliant piece of art from Mr Rickman.

The question is, as someone who has been described as 'cold hearted' at times, is there any particular scenes that have made you have a lump in your throat ?

(Cue all the tough guys who are all testosterone flowing, Stella Artois guzzling, swinging brick for a heart men, pointing and laughing at this soppy soul)

Some of mine are:

Goodnight Mister Tom - generally upsetting seeing the boy a nervous wreck.
The Green Mile - John Coffy's wrongful execution.
The Deathly Hallows pt. 2 - Snape's 'always' scene.
The Boy in the striped Pyjamas - end scene.
I am legend - will smith putting his own dog to sleep (mainly because I put my childhood family pet to sleep less than 24 hours earlier).

Are there any other moments that almost make a grown man cry ?

Fire Away people

 

[tsubaki]

all of Takashi Shimura's scenes in Ikiru, and all of Pan's Labyrinth

 

[bluejohn66]

Bill's tales from the boys pen, proper tear jerking stuff

 

[GwladysPhil]

The Scrubs episode where the plot twist is Dr Cox's mate (played by Brendan Fraser) is actually dead and he's been imagining he was there, and it turns out they've just arrived at his funeral.

 

[Chewbacca]

The song Thunderchild on War of the Worlds

 

[magicjuan]

The book 'The Road', proper dad n lad stuff.

Certain songs get me every single time. Cico Buff by the Cocteau Twins and Sanvean by Lisa Gerrard to name but two.

Film, How to train your dragon 2, when Stoic the chief dies, was at the cinema with my lad who started crying because his hero's dad had died and he didn't want to feel the same.....jibbering mess then...

too much dust in this world for an old duffer to cope with...

 

[Boss_Blue]

all of Pan's Labyrinth

Such a good film.

 

[Boss_Blue]

The song Thunderchild on War of the Worlds

Hairs on the back of the neck stuff when I first listened to this as a kid.